Fly fishing inSouth Dakota
Black Hills spring creeks and prairie rivers with wild trout.
South Dakota waters
6 rivers, lakes and creeks with fly picks and reports.
Angostura Reservoir
A large southeastern South Dakota reservoir with excellent warmwater fly fishing for smallmouth bass and walleye along rocky points and creeks.
Flows, flies & reports→creekBattle Creek
A smaller Black Hills freestone stream with sizeable trout, offering pocket-water and technical wading in the Custer area.
Flows, flies & reports→riverFall River
A spring-fed trout stream flowing through Hot Springs and the southern Black Hills, managed with stockings and wild trout, offering accessible fly fishing.
Flows, flies & reports→lakePactola Reservoir
The largest reservoir in the Black Hills, holding good populations of rainbow and brown trout and offering boat and shore fly fishing for trout and kokanee-like fisheries.
Flows, flies & reports→creekRapid Creek
A major Black Hills trout stream flowing through Rapid City and down to Pactola Reservoir, known for stocked and resident trout fishing close to town.
Flows, flies & reports→creekSpearfish Creek
A freestone stream running through Spearfish Canyon, renowned for healthy wild brown and rainbow trout populations and scenic canyon dry-fly fishing.
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